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Oct 6, 2026

Healing Moral Injury Among Veterans: A Landscape Analysis of Community Organizations Providing Faith-Based Support

Moral injury is an important concern for U.S. military veterans, and a growing number of faith-based organizations seek to address it. This report describes 17 of these organizations, their approaches, and how their work relates to veteran care.

Eunice C. Wong, Margaret D. Whitley, Julia Vidal Verástegui, Kathryn P. Derose
Research

Sep 30, 2026

Veterans Support to Self-Reliance Pilot Program: Final Evaluation Report

This report presents findings from the impact evaluation of California’s Veterans Support to Self-Reliance initiative, which is designed to provide enhanced supportive services to veterans living in permanent supportive housing.

Maya Buenaventura, Ben Senator, Sarah B. Hunter
Research

Sep 15, 2026

Examining the Evolution of Veteran Labor Market Outcomes

In this report, the authors examine how military service connects to earnings in the civilian labor market by tracking veterans’ and non-veterans’ labor market outcomes eight years after entering the civilian workforce.

Lisa Abraham, Christine Mulhern, Isaac M. Opper, Prateek Puri, Elizabeth Roth, Jeffrey B. Wenger
Research

Sep 9, 2026

What Can Public Data Tell Us About Corporate Support for Veterans?

The authors analyzed public disclosures, foundation tax returns, and federal contractor reports to assess how S&P 500 companies support veterans and found little alignment among corporate statements, foundation giving, and protected veteran hiring.

George Zuo, Jeffrey B. Wenger
Research Summary

Sep 9, 2026

What the Record Shows on Corporate Veteran Support

Focusing on S&P 500 firms, RAND researchers analyzed public data on what companies say about veteran support, how their foundations give to veteran causes, and the extent to which federal contractors hire protected veterans.

George Zuo, Jeffrey B. Wenger
Research

Sep 7, 2026

An analysis of Veterans’ and Reservists’ participation in the labour market

This RAND Europe research explores UK Veterans’ and Reservists’ participation in civilian labour markets, including economic participation, underemployment and barriers to, and facilitators of, good employment outcomes.

Catherine Galley, Sean Flanagan, Linda Slapakova
Research

Aug 10, 2026

Meeting the Needs of the RAF Community

RAND Europe examined the size, demographics and support needs of current and former RAF personnel and their families for the RAF Benevolent Fund to inform future welfare planning and service delivery across the wider RAF community.

Linda Slapakova, Catherine Galley, Sean Flanagan, Tristan Kreetz
Research

Jul 28, 2026

Veterans’ Participation in Public Programs: Comprehensive Cross-Survey Comparisons with Nonveterans and the Role of VA Disability Compensation

The authors analyze why veterans participate in social safety net programs at different rates than nonveterans, and how, specifically, receipt of disability compensation benefits drives these differences.

Philip Armour, Catria Gadwah-Meaden, LeeAnn Stevens
Research

Jun 23, 2026

U.S. Veterans and Psychedelics: Prevalence of Use and Policy Preferences

In this report, the authors present new data on U.S veterans’ use of specific psychedelic substances (such as psilocybin mushrooms, LSD, and ibogaine), their psychedelics policy preferences, and how these compare with nonveterans.

Michelle Priest, Terry L. Schell, Ben Senator, Beau Kilmer
Research

May 14, 2026

Future scenarios for mental health in the UK Armed Forces community

This research presents future scenarios for how the mental health of the UK Armed Forces community may evolve out to 2045. The research uses a scenario planning approach to help test different pressures on the Armed Forces mental health sector.

Linda Slapakova, Elizabeth Moisan, Erik Silfversten
Research Summary

Apr 29, 2026

Health Care Access and Quality for New York Veterans: Implications of Expanding Community Care Eligibility

This brief describes how proposed expansions to eligibility for the Veterans Affairs Community Care program could affect New York veterans’ geographic access to care, timeliness of care, and quality of care.

Claire E. O'Hanlon, Catria Gadwah-Meaden, Ensheng Dong, Jonathan H. Cantor, Heather M. Salazar, Carrie M. Farmer
Research

Apr 29, 2026

Health Care Access and Quality for New York Veterans Provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Community Care: Volume II, Methods and Supporting Data

This report (Volume II of II) provides supplementary methods and data to understand how expanding eligibility for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Community Care program might affect health care for veterans in New York.

Claire E. O'Hanlon, Catria Gadwah-Meaden, Ensheng Dong, Jonathan H. Cantor, Heather M. Salazar, Carrie M. Farmer

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Healing Moral Injury Among Veterans: A Landscape Analysis of Community Organizations Providing Faith-Based Support

Veterans Support to Self-Reliance Pilot Program: Final Evaluation Report

Examining the Evolution of Veteran Labor Market Outcomes

What Can Public Data Tell Us About Corporate Support for Veterans?

What the Record Shows on Corporate Veteran Support

An analysis of Veterans’ and Reservists’ participation in the labour market

Meeting the Needs of the RAF Community

Veterans’ Participation in Public Programs: Comprehensive Cross-Survey Comparisons with Nonveterans and the Role of VA Disability Compensation

U.S. Veterans and Psychedelics: Prevalence of Use and Policy Preferences

Future scenarios for mental health in the UK Armed Forces community

Health Care Access and Quality for New York Veterans: Implications of Expanding Community Care Eligibility

Health Care Access and Quality for New York Veterans Provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Community Care: Volume II, Methods and Supporting Data

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Healing Moral Injury Among Veterans: A Landscape Analysis of Community Organizations Providing Faith-Based Support

Veterans Support to Self-Reliance Pilot Program: Final Evaluation Report

Examining the Evolution of Veteran Labor Market Outcomes

What Can Public Data Tell Us About Corporate Support for Veterans?

What the Record Shows on Corporate Veteran Support

An analysis of Veterans’ and Reservists’ participation in the labour market

Meeting the Needs of the RAF Community

Veterans’ Participation in Public Programs: Comprehensive Cross-Survey Comparisons with Nonveterans and the Role of VA Disability Compensation

U.S. Veterans and Psychedelics: Prevalence of Use and Policy Preferences

Future scenarios for mental health in the UK Armed Forces community

Health Care Access and Quality for New York Veterans: Implications of Expanding Community Care Eligibility

Health Care Access and Quality for New York Veterans Provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Community Care: Volume II, Methods and Supporting Data

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